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Survey of London
… of the legal formalities before taking possession of York Place. On 2nd November, 1529, only a few days after Wolsey's … of Henry VIII 2 are several items relating to York Place from November, 1529, to January, 152930, such as: 3 … 152930, Thomas Alvarde was appointed keeper of "our place or messuage called York Place." The Privy Purse Expenses show …
Survey of London
… Whitehall Place General CHAPTER 28: WHITEHALL PLACEGENERAL The entrance … with the extension eastward of Caddick's Row as Whitehall Place, a width of 60 feet between the buildings was allowed … would have been partly excluded by the length of Whitehall Place." 6 The building of houses in Whitehall Place seems to …
Old and New London
… of WhitehallAnciently called York PlaceName of York Place changed to WhitehallWolsey's Style of Living hereVisit … of Buckingham. The moment that we pass out of the Strand, or make our way from the Victoria Embankment into Charing … courts. But of later times," continues the writer, "the place for the Court, when in town, was mostly Whitehall, a …
Old and New London
… modern mansions of the classical style have taken the place of the old low semi-Gothic houses which previously … roof of the palace, in order that he might judge whether or not the elements were favourable to his enemies. Whitehall … matron in Petronius, substituted another body in its place." On the opposite side, however, we have the testimony …
Old and New London
… Andrew Marvell wrote upon it the following epigram: "This place for a dial was too insecure, Since a guard and a garden … incidentally that the gardens were intersected by a brook or rivulet, which here ran into the Thames; for in 1667 there … modern portraits by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Those of Canning, Wellington, &c., are there, and a variety of others too many …
Old and New London
… that "he had lately, upon the soil of the said mansion-place and house, and upon ground thereunto belonging, most … a tessellated manner." On each front there were four busts or medallions, "naturally coloured and gilt," which are … stepped upon the scaffold, which was equal to the landing-place of the hall within side." The Banqueting House, …
Old and New London
… Street, is occupied either by Government buildings or by other edifices of public importance. First of all we … nothing remarkable; nor do any particular ceremonies take place within its walls; it is business, not ceremony, that is … Peter Cunningham, it was in this street that the Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson met for the only time in their …
Magna Britannia
… from Ireland; and pig-iron from Wales. The trade of this place, and the coalworks, have already been spoken of more at … the impropriator of St. Bees, the consecration never took place, and the chapel is now occupied by the Calvinistic … established church of Scotland, and one for the seceders or burghers. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists on the ground or can be traced from air photographs over wide areas of the …
Survey of London
… opposite (Nos. 91111) and have now either disappeared or are being demolished since they were too seriously damaged … end of Whitfield Street, on the west side from Colville Place, southwards. They were built some years after the rest …